Air Marshal Asghar Khan

December 16, 2013

With the 18 Div failing to create the necessary breakthrough in the Rajasthan Desert to exploit, the 33 Div’s mission was drastically changed. We (initially HQ 33 Div and 60 Bde only) were ordered on Dec 7, 1971 to move post-haste from our concentration area in Tarinda near Rahimyar Khan to reinforce the 18 Div’s beleaguered 55 Bde at Chor and Umerkot in the Thar Desert 400 miles south.

August 1, 2013

Mamnoon Hussain stands elected as the 12th President of Pakistan but not before quite unnecessary controversy generated by the Supreme Court (SC) . The PML (N) had the required numbers even if PPP had not boycotted the Presidential elections process. The “unconditional” support from PPP’s former ally, the MQM, gave additional insurance. The PPP ruling party in Sindh created history by walking out of their own Assembly.

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About Ikram Sehgal

In 1971, Ikram Sehgal was taken prisoner of war in East Pakistan and successfully escaped from Indian Authorities. Joined 44 Punjab, he was given a battlefield promotion to Major, left the Army in 1974. He worked as a commercial pilot before starting his own business in 1977. A regular columnist in the print media since 1987, he graduated to his own TV Talk Show. He is a member of World Economic Forum (WEF), International Organization for Migration (IOM) & the Chairman of Pathfinder G4S Pakistan.
Educated at Lawrence College, Murari Chand College, Notre Dame College & the Pakistan Military Academy. Commissioned in 1965.